NetBeans IDE - The Smarter and Faster Way to Code

NetBeans IDE lets you quickly and easily develop
Java desktop, mobile, and web applications, as well as HTML5 applications
with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. The IDE also provides
a great set of tools for PHP and C/C++ developers. It is free and open
source and has a large community of users and developers around
the world.

Best Support for Latest Java Technologies

NetBeans IDE is the official IDE for Java 8. With its editors, code
analyzers, and converters, you can quickly and smoothly upgrade
your applications to use new Java 8 language constructs, such
as lambdas, functional operations, and method references.

Batch
analyzers and converters are provided to search through
multiple applications at the same time, matching patterns for
conversion to new Java 8 language constructs.

With its constantly improving Java Editor, many rich features
and an extensive range of tools, templates and samples, NetBeans
IDE sets the standard for developing with cutting edge
technologies out of the box.

Fast & Smart Code Editing

An IDE is much more than a text editor. The NetBeans Editor
indents lines, matches words and brackets, and highlights source
code syntactically and semantically. It lets you easily
refactor code, with a range of handy and powerful tools,
while it also provides code
templates, coding tips, and code generators.

The editor supports many languages from Java, C/C++, XML and
HTML, to PHP, Groovy, Javadoc, JavaScript and JSP. Because the
editor is extensible, you can plug in support for many other
languages.

Easy & Efficient Project Management

Keeping a clear overview of large applications, with thousands
of folders and files, and millions of lines of code, is a
daunting task. NetBeans IDE provides different views of your
data, from multiple project windows to helpful tools for setting
up your applications and managing them efficiently, letting you
drill down into your data quickly and easily, while giving you
versioning tools via Subversion, Mercurial, and Git integration
out of the box.

When new developers join your project, they can understand the
structure of your application because your code is
well-organized.

Rapid User Interface Development

Design GUIs for Java SE, HTML5, Java EE, PHP, C/C++, and Java ME applications
quickly and smoothly by using editors and drag-and-drop tools
in the IDE.

For Java SE applications, the NetBeans GUI Builder automatically
takes care of correct spacing and alignment, while supporting
in-place editing, as well. The GUI builder is so easy to use and intuitive that
it has been used to prototype GUIs live at customer presentations.

Write Bug Free Code

The cost of buggy code increases the longer it remains
unfixed. NetBeans provides static analysis tools, especially
integration with the widely used FindBugs tool, for identifying
and fixing common problems in Java code. In addition, the
NetBeans Debugger lets you place breakpoints in your source
code, add field watches, step through your code, run into
methods, take snapshots and monitor execution as it occurs.

The NetBeans Profiler provides expert assistance for optimizing
your application's speed and memory usage, and makes it easier
to build reliable and scalable Java SE, JavaFX and Java EE
applications. NetBeans IDE includes a visual debugger for Java
SE applications, letting you debug user interfaces without
looking into source code. Take GUI snapshots of your
applications and click on user interface elements to jump back
into the related source code.

Support for Multiple Languages

Cross Platform Support

Rich Set of Community Provided Plugins

NetBeans IDE offers superior support for C/C++ and PHP
developers, providing comprehensive editors and tools
for their related frameworks and technologies. In
addition, the IDE has editors and tools for XML, HTML,
PHP, Groovy, Javadoc, JavaScript, and JSP.

NetBeans IDE can be installed on all operating systems
that support Java, from Windows to Linux to Mac OS X
systems. Write Once, Run Anywhere, is as true for
NetBeans IDE as it is for your own applications...
because NetBeans IDE itself is written in Java, too!

The NetBeans community is large and active; many users
are developing new plugins all the time because NetBeans
IDE is extensible and has well-documented APIs. Are you
missing a feature in NetBeans IDE? Create a plugin that
fills the gap and participate in making NetBeans even
better than it already is!